Grocer detained in Chandina on charge of attempting to rape child
A 45-year-old grocery shopkeeper has been accused of attempting to rape a four-and-a-half-year-old child after luring her with the offer of ice cream in Chandina of Cumilla. The incident took place on Friday (2 October) morning in the Indrarchar area of…
26 arrested, 818 tablets recovered in one-day drive in Sylhet
A total of 26 people have been arrested for various offences in the last 24 hours in a special drive of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP). During this time, 818 tapentadol tablets were recovered. In the same period, legal action was taken against 59…
Body of dish businessman recovered in Hazaribagh
Police have recovered the body of a man named Md Salek Khan Babu, 35, in the capital’s Hazaribagh. The body was recovered yesterday, Thursday, afternoon from the tin shed over the garage in front of a 10-storey building in the Zafrabad area of West…
Drug trade under cover of private tutoring in Tongi, woman held with 15,000 yaba pills
The Department of Narcotics Control has detained a woman named Srabonti Akter in Tongi of Gazipur on charges of running a drug trade under the cover of private tutoring. The agency claims to have recovered 15,000 yaba tablets from her rented house. The…
Two detained with gold bars worth Tk 2 crore at Shahjalal airport
Officials of Dhaka Customs House have detained an employee of Biman Bangladesh Airlines and a passenger with gold bars worth about Tk 2 crore from Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport. A press release of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) on…
Man who went to Saudi Arabia on loans dies buried under soil, uncertainty over bringing back body
Ismail Hossain, 40, of Barguna had gone to Saudi Arabia after borrowing Tk 5 lakh to end the financial hardship of his poor family. That dream of bringing smiles to his family’s faces was never fulfilled. He died after being buried under soil while…
10th Her e-Trade Exhibition begins in Dhanmondi
The 10th Her e-Trade Exhibition, ‘Sharadiya Abahon’, has begun at the Midas Centre on Dhanmondi-27 in the capital. Organised by the Her e-Trade Trust, the two-day exhibition will continue until tomorrow, Saturday. Dr Nazneen Ahmed, executive…
Under-trial prisoner in sabotage case dies in Bagerhat jail
An under-trial prisoner named Chan Mia Fakir, 50, has died while eating breakfast at Bagerhat District Jail. When he suddenly fell ill on Friday morning, he was taken to Bagerhat 250-bed District Hospital, where the on-duty doctor declared him dead. Chan…
Kurigram’s ‘Mayer Doa’ boat now at Manikganj’s Beutha ghat
A boat race will be held tomorrow, Saturday, on the Kaliganga river in the traditional Beutha area of Manikganj. On this occasion, competitors have begun arriving with boats from different areas of the country. Already the khella boat named ‘Mayer…
Six coaches detached as hook snaps, rail link with Sylhet suspended
The rear six coaches of the Chattogram-bound intercity Paharika Express (720) got detached after a hook snapped at Lawachara National Park in Kamalganj of Moulvibazar. Later the train went on to Sreemangal Railway Station with the engine and the front…